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Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 141 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering technology students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #28 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Moraine Valley Community College to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. MVCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Palos Hills.

Women make up 33% of the me tech majors at the school.

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#2

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Lake County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Triton College

River Grove, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Triton College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of River Grove, Triton College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in me tech at Triton College, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 302
Indiana 516
Wisconsin 29
Ohio 683

Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

ME Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology 3,490
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology 1,074
Automotive Engineering Technology 1,062
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other 473
Marine Engineering Technology 106

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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